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Learn Japanese with Anime - Can We Be Friends?

In this video we’re going to analyse Shoya Ishida’s quote from A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi).

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Analysis

俺 means “I” in a manly way.

と is the particle used to name things one by one. It used to be attached to each word you name, so in this case it’s supposed to be 俺と西宮と but an omission of the one in the end has become more common in the modern language. It can be used multiple times such as 卵と牛乳とバターとパンを買った meaning “I bought eggs, milk, butter and bread”.

西宮 is the last name of the girl. Japanese people usually don’t use the pronoun “you” especially あなた as it sounds unfriendly, instead, they tend to call a person by their name. You usually call them by their surname when you have a certain distance like if you two just met or they’re just your colleagues, and you start calling them by their first name when you get closer.

友達 means “friends”.

なれる is the potential form of the verb なる meaning “to become”. With a noun, the particle に is usually used so 友達になれる means “can become friends“.

かな is used in questions when you don’t want to sound too assertive. So if it’s 友達になれる? meaning “can we be friends?” it’s just a simple and direct question for the speaker to get the answer. But by adding かな in the end, you can make it more subtle and humble as it sounds like “Do you think we can be friends?” or “I wonder if we can be friends?”

Sentences

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Shoya Ishida’s Quote

I and Nishimiya, can we be friends?

と (and)

For now, I’ll have a tap beer, edamame and gyoza, please.
Saturday and Sunday are my days off.
As for anime, I like Naruto, One Piece, Case Closed and One Punch Man.

Noun + になる (to become something)

I can’t wait for spring to come.
When it becomes three o’clock, let’s eat snacks!
When it turns August, it will get genuinely hot.

かな (I wonder … ?)

Can you come here, I wonder?
Do you think this dress is ok for tomorrow’s party?
May I smoke?

Vocabulary

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ashita
noun, adverb
  1. tomorrow
anime
noun
  1. animated cartoon; anime
edamame
noun
  1. edamame (green soybeans)
oyatsu
noun
  1. between-meal snack
ore
pronoun
  1. I; me (rough or arrogant)
kana
particle
  1. I wonder (at sentence end)
gyouza
noun
  1. gyoza
kudasai
expression
  1. please (give me)
kuru
kuru verb, intransitive verb
  1. to come (spatially or temporally)
kocchi
pronoun
  1. this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)
kono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
suu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to smoke
tabako
noun
  1. tobacco; cigarette
taberu
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to eat
tomodachi
noun
  1. friend
doyoubi
noun, adverb
  1. Saturday

Kanji

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10 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. I, myself
Readings
Kun'yomi: おれ、われ。
On'yomi: エン。
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15 Strokes
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English Meaning
  1. gyoza
Readings
On'yomi: ギョウ、キョウ、コウ。
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3 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. soil, earth, ground, Turkey
Readings
Kun'yomi: つち、ひじ。
On'yomi: ド、ツ、ト。
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3 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings
Kun'yomi: こ、ね、-こ。
On'yomi: ス、シ、ツ。
Stroke Count
4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. friend
Readings
Kun'yomi: とも、う、ど、すけ、ゆ、ゆう。
On'yomi: ユウ、ウ、イウ。
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4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings
Kun'yomi: -か、-び、ひ。
On'yomi: ジツ、ニチ。
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4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. month, moon
Readings
Kun'yomi: つき。
On'yomi: ガツ、ゲツ。
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5 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings
Kun'yomi: もと。
On'yomi: ホン。
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5 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. life, genuine, birth
Readings
Kun'yomi: い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.む、う.まれる、は.える、は.やす、お.う、なま、き、あい、あさ、あり、あらは.る、あ.る、あれ、い、いか、いき、いく、いけ、う、うぶ、うまい、うまは.る、うまる、うる、え、お、おい、おいし.く、おお、おき、おや、おや.す、おゆ、きつ、ぎゅう、くるみ、ごせ、さ、さん、すぎ、すすむ、せ、そ、そう、たか、ちる、なじ、な.す、なせ、なば、なり、なる、な.る、にう、にゅう、ぬく、のう、のり、ばい、はえ、はさま、ふ、ぶ、ふゆ、み、む、む.す、もう、や、ゆ、よ、よい、よど、りゅう、-う、う.まれ、なま-、うま.れる、うまれ。
On'yomi: しょう、セイ、サン、ショウ。
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6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. rest, day off, retire, sleep
Readings
Kun'yomi: やす.む、やす.まる、やす.める。
On'yomi: キュウ。
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6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. name, noted, distinguished, reputation
Readings
Kun'yomi: な、-な。
On'yomi: ミョウ、メイ。
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7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. come, due, next, cause, become
Readings
Kun'yomi: く.る、き、こ、き.たす、き.たる、きた.す、きた.る。
On'yomi: ライ、タイ。
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9 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. eat, food
Readings
Kun'yomi: た.べる、く.う、く.らう、は.む、やしな.う。
On'yomi: イ、ジキ、ジ、ショク、シ。
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10 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. time, hour
Readings
Kun'yomi: とき、-どき。
On'yomi: ジ、シ。
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8 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. bright, light
Readings
Kun'yomi: あか.るい、あき.らか、あ.ける、あけ、-あ.け、あ.く、あ.かす、あ.かり、あ.くる、あか.らむ、あか.るむ。
On'yomi: ミョウ、メイ、ミン。
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9 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. wait, depend on
Readings
Kun'yomi: ま.つ、ま.ち、まつ、まち、-ま.ち。
On'yomi: ダイ、タイ。
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9 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. springtime, spring (season)
Readings
Kun'yomi: はる。
On'yomi: シュン。
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18 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. weekday
Readings
Kun'yomi: かがや.く、ひかり、あきら、てらす、てる、よう。
On'yomi: ヨウ、ユウ、エウ。
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6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. suck, imbibe, inhale, sip
Readings
Kun'yomi: す.う。
On'yomi: コウ、キュウ。
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6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. fond, pleasing, like something
Readings
Kun'yomi: この.む、い.い、す.く、よ.い。
On'yomi: コウ。

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